Tips on how to improve as killer

[Rucchetippolaiz]

Hi, I will probably be destroyed and blamed because I discussed previously, a bit complaining because average survivors still have a good time even if you are a good killer, but now my question is different.

I know last year MMR came, and it should be a matchmaking that keeps count of your skill level based on kills and wins (if I'm correct).
The problem is (not regarding nurse because i'm still practicing her and sometimes I don't kill anyone) with every other killer, I lost the count of how many match ended with 1 or no kills.
But I still face god-tier ACEs and NEAs even after a very long losing-streak.
So my games are pratically losing-losing-losing-losing, and still I face uncatchable survivors who juke me and click flashlight and teabag.
I've always been a good killer, I remember in 2019-20 I mained Freddy and after reset I went from rank 20 to red rank in very few days.
Useless to say this is deeply mining my self-confidence and making me feel I am worse than I have ever been.
I play since about April 2018, so I'm not new.

When I play survivor I struggle so much and even there, I can't win a single time. Never-ending losing streaks, unless I'm on SWF. SoloQ is terrible.
I find survivor is and should be more difficult to play, but as a killer seems survivor is easy af.

Any advice? Someone wants to see me play and give me tips?
Thank you for all the answers I will get and have a nice day

- Luca

[Xentos]

Since you were playing before, giving you general tips for killer playstyle, won't do any good.

Alas, there is no cure for MMR mechanics.

[ALT+F4]

cant play killer cuz all i get is meta slave SWF that are literally impossible to catch up to cuz theres a pallet around every corner

[Korvek]

Watch decent killers/survivors, and play 1v1s. I learnt the quickest when I played 1v1s.

[Batu Khan]

play allot of killer and keep playing one killer to master it

[Harmonica]

Don't focus on your streak, because it's just a product of variance and doesn't mean anything. Focus on doing the basics and following a strategy on a match by match basis. I cannot stress this enough. If you get hung up on having lost a string of matches you'll take that into every subsequent match and it will just make you play worse and enjoy it less.

You want to keep your performance as consistent as possible so you can work out what is or isn't working. At the same time don't fall into the thinking of 'I did this a few times, I only got one hook or everyone escaped, therefore it's not correct'. DBD is insanely high variance and you can and will be punished repeatedly whilst doing the correct thing. In fact worse than that, you'll do the correct thing and be beaten by people doing something suboptimal. You have to keep doing the correct thing in the face of this stuff knowing that, over time, you'll gain more than you lose.

My main tip for either role would be to know what your match plan is and rarely deviate from it. On killer that would be roam/don't roam/patrol, or to run people across the map for a down or just try and get a quick down and if not move back to defending, etc, to rely heavily on perk effects or on the killer abilities, etc. On survivor knowing whether you intend to interact with the killer, whether you're even set up for chasing based on perks, or whether you're purely looking to efficiently do gens, or something else (eg altruism, totem clearing/booning etc).

Then you really have to try and keep a clear head and after a few dozen matches say, 'okay I've been trying this way of playing for a while, but when I do, mostly this happens - should I learn to play around that happening or should I try something different?'. Keep a log in a spreadsheet after each game, just be clinical about it, and the process will also help you clear your thoughts and move onto the next match.

If you want to record your games and post them on YT or something I'm sure people would be happy to comment. Either way good luck and I hope your match results have a 'twist of fate' ;)

[limierr]

There is no basic tips as the game is per default bug and unbalance .
Otherwise :
=> you can play meta killer to try to stand a chance but it lack of variety
=> you can try to play meta perk With meta perks to hope make it but again it lack variety
=> you can try to use some strategy but it will be random : map and survivor side mainly.

[Rucchetippolaiz]

Originally posted by Harmonica:

Don't focus on your streak, because it's just a product of variance and doesn't mean anything. Focus on doing the basics and following a strategy on a match by match basis. I cannot stress this enough. If you get hung up on having lost a string of matches you'll take that into every subsequent match and it will just make you play worse and enjoy it less.

You want to keep your performance as consistent as possible so you can work out what is or isn't working. At the same time don't fall into the thinking of 'I did this a few times, I only got one hook or everyone escaped, therefore it's not correct'. DBD is insanely high variance and you can and will be punished repeatedly whilst doing the correct thing. In fact worse than that, you'll do the correct thing and be beaten by people doing something suboptimal. You have to keep doing the correct thing in the face of this stuff knowing that, over time, you'll gain more than you lose.

My main tip for either role would be to know what your match plan is and rarely deviate from it. On killer that would be roam/don't roam/patrol, or to run people across the map for a down or just try and get a quick down and if not move back to defending, etc, to rely heavily on perk effects or on the killer abilities, etc. On survivor knowing whether you intend to interact with the killer, whether you're even set up for chasing based on perks, or whether you're purely looking to efficiently do gens, or something else (eg altruism, totem clearing/booning etc).

Then you really have to try and keep a clear head and after a few dozen matches say, 'okay I've been trying this way of playing for a while, but when I do, mostly this happens - should I learn to play around that happening or should I try something different?'. Keep a log in a spreadsheet after each game, just be clinical about it, and the process will also help you clear your thoughts and move onto the next match.

If you want to record your games and post them on YT or something I'm sure people would be happy to comment. Either way good luck and I hope your match results have a 'twist of fate' ;)

https://youtu.be/-4FDr3MWqG8

This is a video I made long time ago where I mained Freddy and won basically every game, and used the same perk build.
I haven't played so so good but decent, most of my games were better😅

[Chicken Chaser]

Originally posted by Bonk:

cant play killer cuz all i get is meta slave SWF that are literally impossible to catch up to cuz theres a pallet around every corner

until there isn't...

[HorrorGamer26]

Like you guys need to get any better at it. You're all killing every single survivor and being toxic. This game is killer sided already. You don't need any help to get better.